Name: Government of Tanzania
HQ Country: Tanzania
Date Founded: 26 Apr 1964
Website:
http://www.tanzania.go.tz/
Past and present personnel listed in our People database
People are listed alphabetically. This list includes people who are currently in the stated positions or who have formerly held these positions. Dates are given wherever possible. The list is not necessarily exhaustive for this institution.
Abdalla, Anna
Minister of Works & Labour (1995 - 2000)
Minister of Health (2000 - 2006)
Aboud, Muhammed
Controller and Auditor General (1964 - 1996)
Presidential Advisor on Economic Affairs (1996 - 2000)
Ali, Hon. Fatma Said
Member of Parliament
Minister of Culture and Community Development (1985 - 1989)
Minister of State of Civil Service by the President (1989 - 1991)
Minister of State of Civil Service by the President (1993 - 2000)
Deputy Minister of Communication and Transport (2001 -)
Amour, Dr. Salmin
Second Vice President (1990 - 1995)
Apiyo, Timothy Odele
Principal Secretary - Ministry of Commerce and Industry (1969 - 1974)
Chief Secretary and Head of the Civil Service (1974 - 1990)
Babu, Abdul Rahman Mohamed
Minister of Planning
Bilali, Dr. Mohamed Gharib
Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Science, Technology & Higher Education (1990 - 1995)
Bomani, Paul Lazaro
Minister of Natural Resources and Cooperative Development (1960 - 1962)
Minister of Finance (1962 - 1965)
Minister of Economic Affairs and development Planning (1965 - 1970)
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Mining (1970 - 1972)
Ambassador to the USA (1972 - 1983)
Minister for Mineral Resources and Mining (1983 - 1984)
Minister for Lands, Natural Resources, Tourism and Housing (1984 - 1986)
Minister for Agriculture and Marketing (1986 - 1988)
Minister for Labour and Social Welfare (1988 - 1989)
Minister for Local Government, Marketing, Cooperative and Community Development (1989 - 1990)
Chenge, Andrew
Attorney General (1995 - 2006)
Minister of East African Co-operation (Mar 2006 -)
Chiligati, John
Minister of Home Affairs (04 Jan 2006 -)
Chitepo, Herbert Wiltshire
Director of Public Prosecutions (1962 - 1966)
Diria, Ahmed Hassan
Ambassador to the United Arab Republic (1965 - 1968)
Ambassador to Zaire (1968 - 1970)
Ambassador to India (1970 - ?)
Minister of Information (1989 - 1990)
Foreign Minister (1990 - 1993)
Minister for Labour and Youth Development (1993 - ?)
Doriye, Professor Joshua
Permanent Secretary of the Planning Commission and Privatisation in the Office of the President (2001 -)
Jamal, Amir Habib
Minister of Urban Local Government and Works (1959 - 1960)
Minister of Finance (1965 - 1972)
Minister for Commerce and Industry (1972 - 1975)
Minister of Finance and Planning (1975 - 1977)
Minister of Communications and Transport (1977 - 1979)
Minister of Finance (1979 - 1983)
Permanent Representative to the UN Specialised Agencies (1986 - 1991)
Juma, Omar Ali
Vice President (22 Nov 1995 - 04 Jul 2001)
Jumbe, Sheikh Aboud
Minister of State in the Vice Presidents Office (1964 - 1972)
Vice President (1972 - 1984)
Kaduma, Ibrahim Muhammad
Foreign Minister (1975 - 1977)
Kahama, Clement George
Minister for Home Affairs (1959 - 1961)
Ambassador to West Germany (1965 - 1966)
Minister of State for Capital Development (1980 - 1983)
Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism (1983 - 1984)
Minister of Cooperatives and Marketing (2000 - 2006)
Kambona, Oscar
Foreign Minister (1963 - 1965)
Minister of Regional Administration (1965 - 1967)
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (1967 - 1967)
Karume, Sheikh Abeid Amani
Vice President (1964 - 1972)
Karume, Ali Abeid
Deputy Ambassador to the United States (1989 - 1994)
Ambassador to Belgium (1996 - 2002)
Ambassador to Germany (2002 -)
Kawawa, Rashid Mfaume
Minister of Local Government and Housing (Tanganyika) (1960 - 1961)
Prime Minister (Tanganyika) (22 Jan 1962 - 09 Dec 1962)
Vice President (Tanganyika) (Dec 1962 - Apr 1964)
Second Vice President (1964 - 1977)
Prime Minister (17 Feb 1972 - 13 Feb 1977)
Minister of Defence (1977 - 1980)
Khatib, Mohamed Seif
Minister of Home Affairs (2000 - 2003)
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (Feb 2003 - Jan 2006)
Information, Sports and Culture (04 Jan 2006 -)
Khatibu, Abdisalaam Issa
Deputy Minister of Finance (1995 -)
Kikwete, Lieutenant-Colonel Jakaya Mrisho
Deputy Minster of Energy (1988 - 1990)
Minister of Water, Energy and Minerals (1990 - 1994)
Minister of Finance (1994 - 1995)
Foreign Minister (1995 - 2005)
President (21 Dec 2005 -)
Kinana, Abdulrahman Omar
Head of Delegations to Conferences of the Front-Line States, SADC, OAU, UN, & Non-Aligned Movement
Deputy Minister of Defence and National Services (1985 - 1990)
Member of Parliament (1985 - 1995)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations (1990 - 1991)
Minister of Defence and National Service (1991 - 1995)
Special Envoy of the President to the Great Lakes (1995 - 1996)
Kombe, Lieutenant-General Imran H
Director - Department of Intelligence & Security (1983 - 1996)
Lipumba, Professor Ibrahim Haruna
Presidential Advisor on Economic Affairs (1991 - 1993)
Lowassa, Edward Ngoyai
Minister for Environment & Poverty (1988 - 2000)
Minister of Lands and Human Settlement Development (1993 - 1995)
Minister of Water and Livestock Development (2000 - 2005)
Prime Minister (30 Dec 2005 -)
Luhanjo, Philemon
Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (? - Jan 2006)
Chief Secretary and Head of the Civil Service (Jan 2006 -)
Lumbanga, Matern Yakobo Christian
Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Home Affairs (1990 - 1991)
Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Industry and Trade (1991 - 1992)
Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (1992 - 1995)
Chief Secretary and Head of the Civil Service (1995 - 2006)
Permanent Representative to the United Nations (Apr 2006 -)
Magembe, Professor Jumanne
Minister for Labour, Employment and Youth Development (2006 -)
Makamba, Yussuf
Regional Commissioner for Dar es Salaam (1995 - 2006)
Makame, Hasnuu
Minister of Health
Minister for Communication and Transport
Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism
Minister for Information and Tourism
Minster for Capital Development (1975 - 1979)
Malecela, John Samuel
Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1964 - 1966)
Foreign Minister (1972 - 1975)
High Commissioner to the UK (1989 - 1990)
Prime Minister (09 Nov 1990 - 07 Dec 1994)
Malima, Professor Kighoma Ali
Minister of Education
Minister of Finance (? - Dec 1994)
Mapuri, Omar Ramadhani
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (2000 - 2003)
Minister of Home Affairs (Feb 2003 - Jan 2006)
Ambassador to China (Jun 2006 -)
Meghji, Zakia Hamdan
Minister of Health (1995 - 1997)
Minister of National Resources and Tourism (1997 - 2006)
Minister of Finance (04 Jan 2006 -)
Migiro, Asha-Rose
Minister for Community Development, Womens and Childrens Affairs (2000 - 2006)
Foreign Minister (04 Jan 2006 -)
Mkapa, Benjamin William
Press Secretary to the President (1974 - 1976)
High Commissioner to Nigeria (1976 - 1977)
Foreign Minister (1977 - 1980)
Minister for Information and Culture (1980 - 1982)
High Commissioner to Canada (1982 - 1983)
Ambassador to the USA (1983 - 1984)
Foreign Minister (1984 - 1990)
Minister for Information and Broadcasting (1990 - 1992)
Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education (1992 - 1995)
President (23 Nov 1995 - 21 Dec 2005)
Mongella, Gertrude
Member of the Central and National Executive Committee
Minister of State for Womens Affairs (1982 - 1986)
Head - Social Services Department (1982 - 1991)
Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Tourism (1985 - 1987)
Minister Without Portfolio (1989 - 1990)
High Commisioner to India (1991 - 1993)
Mramba, Basil
Minister of Finance (Nov 2000 - Jan 2006)
Msuya, Cleopa David
Prime Minister (07 Nov 1980 - 24 Feb 1983)
Prime Minister (07 Dec 1994 - 28 Nov 1995)
Mtawali, Dr. Charles Vincent
Permenant Secretary - Ministry of Health (1962 - 1968)
Mtei, Edwin
Minister of Finance and Planning (1977 - 1979)
Mtulia, Professor Idris A
Principal Secretary - Ministry of Health
Principal Secretary - Ministry of Higher Education
Principal Secretary - Ministry of Water and Minerals
Mwakawago, Daudi Ngelautwa
Member of Parliament (1970 - 1990)
Minister of Information and Broadcasting (1972 - 1977)
Minister of Information and Culture (1982 - 1983)
Minister of Labour and Manpower Development (1983 - 1987)
Minister of Industry and Trade (1987 - 1987)
Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1994 - 2003)
Mwandosya, Professor Mark James
Principal Secretary - Ministry of Water, Energy and Minerals (1990 - 1992)
Principal Secretary - Ministry of Industries and Trade (1992 - 1993)
Minister of Communication and Transport (2000 - 2006)
Minister of State for the Environment (04 Jan 2006 -)
Mwanyika, Johnson
Attorney General (04 Jan 2006 -)
Mwapachu, Juma Volter
Ambassador to France (2002 - 2006)
Mwinyi, Ali Hassan
Minister of Health (1972 - 1975)
Minister for Home Affairs (1975 - 1977)
Ambassador to Egypt (1977 - 1982)
Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism (1982 - 1983)
President (05 Nov 1985 - 23 Nov 1995)
Nagu, Dr. Mary Michael
Minister for Community Development, Womens and Childrens Affairs (1995 - 2000)
Minister of State in the Office of the President (2000 - 2006)
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (04 Jan 2006 -)
Ngatunga, Samuel Emillian
Head - Health Information & Research Policy & Planning Division - Ministry of Health (1990 - 2003)
Deputy Secretary - President's Office, Public Service Commission (2004 -)
Ntiro, Professor Sam Joseph
High Commissioner to the UK (1961 - 1964)
Nyalali, Honourable Justice Francis
Chief Justice (1976 - 2000)
Nyang'anyi, Mustapha Salim
Ambassador to the USA (1995 - 2002)
Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (2002 -)
Nyerere, Mwalimu Julius K
Foreign Minister (Tanganyika) (1961 - 1963)
Prime Minister (Tanganyika) (01 May 1961 - 22 Jan 1962)
President (09 Dec 1962 - 05 Nov 1985)
Foreign Minister (1965 - 1972)
Palangyo, Peter
High Commissioner to Canada
Rashid, Major General Makame
Ambassador to Malawi (Apr 2004 -)
Rwegasira, Joseph Clemence
Foreign Minister (1993 - 1995)
Salim, Dr. Salim Ahmed
High Commissioner to India (1965 - 1968)
Foreign Minister (1980 - 1984)
Prime Minister (1984 - 1985)
Deputy Prime Minister (1986 - 1989)
Samatta, Honourable Justice Barnabas
Chief Justice (2000 -)
Sarungi, Professor Philemon
Minister of Health
Minister of Education (? - 2001)
Minister of Defence (2000 - 2006)
Sayore, Simon Fundi
Commissioner - Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (Feb 2000 -)
Sekule, William H.
Director of Public Prosecutions (Oct 1979 - Apr 1987)
Shareef, Dr. Abdulkader
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1990 - 1995)
High Commissioner to the UK (1995 - 2000)
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (2000 - 2006)